Hey friend, also struggled with the ADHD thing although it seems my bout with it was a little less severe than what you are talking about. My struggles were definitely amplified by both RC and LG, LR was always easier and I always did best on it. Frankly, I thought I could navigate it without accommodations and probably could have but not to the level of success I expected of myself. I never really had to deal with the ADHD until I had gotten to undergrad, and by then my habits were pretty well formed and it was a battle between me, my brain, and my impulses constantly; as a matter of fact, to this day it still is. I suggest all of the things a few people here suggested, I was more in the can't get over the 150 score because I just don't have the ability to read quickly and retain information due to the ADHD, and reading and rereading games and RC passages is necessary for me to understand it. Part of the LSAT is for pressure, which is amplified ten fold by anyone with an educational disorder like we have. I would suggest swallowing your pride, talking to a therapist and licensed Clinical Psychiatrist/Psychologist specializing in learning disorders to see if going the accommodations route would help. If you are unsure if it would, diagnostic yourself with both 50% added and 100% added time to see if your score changes. Obviously a score jump is expected, but if its 15 or so points more that tells you that it isn't the material you are struggling with but the time, and given your disorder amplifies the time factor it may be in your interest to get tested and get those letters into LSAC.
Ultimately this is your decision, but as another user pointed out, you shouldn't let this deter you from the profession. While there are red flags that should deter you, struggling on the test to get in, which is designed to do exactly what it is doing to you now, isn't the main deterrence. I would suggest reading legal journal articles on the regular while studying, it will help you with reading comp skills, and get you more adept at the type of stuff you'lll be doing, thinking, and producing in the career. If you start doing better and gaining confidence on the test and find interest in the journal article material, then you have absolutely nothing to worry about. If for whatever reason you cannot get that score up, even with additional time, and you are finding the journals hard to follow and even harder to understand the point of... you may want to spend a little time doing some introspection.
Either way, don't let bad scores keep you from pursuing your career aspirations, you certainly can go to law school with a 150 LSAT and be a successful Lawyer. You can be a successful lawyer with ADHD or Dyslexia (that's me)... you can be a worthless lawyer, and you guessed it, still be what people would call successful. If you ever need a pick me up, do yourself a favor and go watch Nancy Grace or any of the shows that welcome lawyers all the time, go watch Guiliani address the public in front of a lawn mower store thinking he was at the four seasons. It is a lot more than a single score that will go on to indicate your level of success, most of that will have to do with your ability to recognize your own errors, reconciling them, setting out to correct them, and ultimately holding yourself to a standard higher than what is expected of you. If you work hard, are open to criticism, can be self critical, and leave out your ego the sky is the limit. Good luck.
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Hey friend, also struggled with the ADHD thing although it seems my bout with it was a little less severe than what you are talking about. My struggles were definitely amplified by both RC and LG, LR was always easier and I always did best on it. Frankly, I thought I could navigate it without accommodations and probably could have but not to the level of success I expected of myself. I never really had to deal with the ADHD until I had gotten to undergrad, and by then my habits were pretty well formed and it was a battle between me, my brain, and my impulses constantly; as a matter of fact, to this day it still is. I suggest all of the things a few people here suggested, I was more in the can't get over the 150 score because I just don't have the ability to read quickly and retain information due to the ADHD, and reading and rereading games and RC passages is necessary for me to understand it. Part of the LSAT is for pressure, which is amplified ten fold by anyone with an educational disorder like we have. I would suggest swallowing your pride, talking to a therapist and licensed Clinical Psychiatrist/Psychologist specializing in learning disorders to see if going the accommodations route would help. If you are unsure if it would, diagnostic yourself with both 50% added and 100% added time to see if your score changes. Obviously a score jump is expected, but if its 15 or so points more that tells you that it isn't the material you are struggling with but the time, and given your disorder amplifies the time factor it may be in your interest to get tested and get those letters into LSAC.
Ultimately this is your decision, but as another user pointed out, you shouldn't let this deter you from the profession. While there are red flags that should deter you, struggling on the test to get in, which is designed to do exactly what it is doing to you now, isn't the main deterrence. I would suggest reading legal journal articles on the regular while studying, it will help you with reading comp skills, and get you more adept at the type of stuff you'lll be doing, thinking, and producing in the career. If you start doing better and gaining confidence on the test and find interest in the journal article material, then you have absolutely nothing to worry about. If for whatever reason you cannot get that score up, even with additional time, and you are finding the journals hard to follow and even harder to understand the point of... you may want to spend a little time doing some introspection.
Either way, don't let bad scores keep you from pursuing your career aspirations, you certainly can go to law school with a 150 LSAT and be a successful Lawyer. You can be a successful lawyer with ADHD or Dyslexia (that's me)... you can be a worthless lawyer, and you guessed it, still be what people would call successful. If you ever need a pick me up, do yourself a favor and go watch Nancy Grace or any of the shows that welcome lawyers all the time, go watch Guiliani address the public in front of a lawn mower store thinking he was at the four seasons. It is a lot more than a single score that will go on to indicate your level of success, most of that will have to do with your ability to recognize your own errors, reconciling them, setting out to correct them, and ultimately holding yourself to a standard higher than what is expected of you. If you work hard, are open to criticism, can be self critical, and leave out your ego the sky is the limit. Good luck.